Correct posture out of the greenside bunker makes these shots much easier.
Greenside Sand Shot Posture from Grant Brown Golf on Vimeo.
Here's a good drill to use while practicing greenside sand shots:
Greenside Sand Shot Drill from Grant Brown Golf on Vimeo.
All you need is a wedge, a shag tube, 23 golf balls and a practice area to perform my favorite practice drill.
To start the drill, I drop golf balls in a line stretching from about 10 to 50 yards from my target. (If I have more space, I will extend the line back to 100yds.)…
Hole #13 at Mountain Shadows Golf Club, Paradise Valley, AZ
I will never forget February 7th, 2012. It was the day I made my first hole-in-one. The life events that happened that day make the hole-in-one all the more special.
It was a Tuesday, and at that time I was in the habit of playing the Mountain…
When it comes to the short game, your ability to control the trajectory of the golf ball will take shots off your score. Sometimes, the right trajectory at the right time will be the difference between saving par and settling for double bogey. Here's how to hit high and low wedge shots.
The Low Shot:
To…
A few days ago, I was giving a lesson to Shannon, a five handicap. From where we were hitting shots, she had 34 yards to the hole. She needed to carry 6 yards of rough and she had 28 yards of green to work with.
In the past, when faced with this shot, Shannon had always…